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You'd call the man a senseless fool	A
A blockhead or an ass	B
Who d dare to say he saw the ghost	C
Of Mount Victoria Pass	B
But I believe the ghost is there	D
For if my eyes are right	E
I saw it once upon a ne er	F
To be forgotten night	E
Twas in the year of eighty nine	G
The day was nearly gone	H
The stars were shining and the moon	I
Is mentioned further on	J
I d tramped as far as Hartley Vale	K
Tho tired at the start	L
But coming back I got a lift	M
In Johnny Jones s cart	L
	-
Twas winter on the mountains then	N
The air was rather chill	O
And so we stopped beside the inn	P
That stands below the hill	O
A fire was burning in the bar	Q
And Johnny thought a glass	B
Would give the tired horse a spell	R
And help us up the Pass	B
	-
Then Jimmy Bent came riding up	S
A tidy chap was Jim	T
He shouted twice and so of course	U
We had to shout for him	T
And when at last we said good night	E
He bet a vulgar quid	V
That we would see the ghost in black	W
And sure enough we did	V
	-
And as we climbed the stony pinch	X
Below the Camel Bridge	Y
We talked about the Girl in black	W
Who haunts the Second Bridge	Y
We reached the fence that guards the cliff	Z
And passed the corner post	C
And Johnny like a senseless fool	A
Kept harping on the ghost	C
	-
She ll cross the moonlit road in haste	A2
And vanish down the track	W
Her long black hair hangs to her waist	A2
And she is dressed in black	W
Her face is white a dull dead white	E
Her eyes are opened wide	B2
She never looks to left or right	E
Or turns to either side	B2
	-
I didn t b lieve in ghosts at all	C2
Tho I was rather young	D2
But still I wished with all my heart	L
That Jack would hold his tongue	D2
The time and place as you will say	E2
Twas twelve o clock almost	C
Were both historically fa	Z
Vourable for a ghost	C
	-
But have you seen the Second Bridge	Y
Beneath the Camel s Back	W
It fills a gap that broke the ridge	Y
When convicts made the track	W
And o er the right old Hartley Vale	K
In homely beauty lies	F2
And o er the left the mighty walls	G2
Of Mount Victoria rise	F2
	-
And there s a spot above the bridge	Y
Just where the track is steep	H2
From which poor Convict Govett rode	I2
To christen Govett s Leap	H2
And here a teamster killed his wife	Z
For those old days were rough	Z
And here a dozen others had	J2
Been murdered right enough	Z
	-
The lonely moon was over all	C2
And she was shining well	R
At angles from the sandstone wall	C2
The shifting moonbeams fell	R
In short the shifting moonbeams beamed	K2
The air was still as death	L2
Save when the listening silence seemed	K2
To speak beneath its breath	L2
	-
The tangled bushes were not stirred	M2
Because there was no wind	N2
But now and then I thought I heard	M2
A startling noise behind	N2
Then Johnny Jones began to quake	O2
His face was like the dead	P2
Don t look behind for heaven s sake	O2
The ghost is there he said	P2
	-
He stared ahead his eyes were fixed	Q2
He whipped the horse like mad	J2
You fool I cried you re only mixed	Q2
A drop too much you ve had	J2
I ll never see a ghost I swear	D
But I will find the cause	R2
I turned to see if it was there	D
And sure enough it was	R2
	-
Its look appeared to plead for aid	S2
As far as I could see	T2
Its hands were on the tailboard laid	S2
Its eyes were fixed on me	T2
The face it cannot be denied	B2
Was white a dull dead white	E
The great black eyes were opened wide	B2
And glistened in the light	E
	-
I stared at Jack he stared ahead	P2
And madly plied the lash	U2
To show I wasn t scared I said	P2
Why Jack we ve made a mash	U2
I tried to laugh twas vain to try	V2
The try was very lame	W2
And tho I wouldn t show it I	V2
Was frightened all the same	W2
	-
She s mashed said Jack I do not doubt	X2
But tis a lonely place	Y2
And then you see it might turn out	X2
A breach of promise case	Y2
He flogged the horse until it jibbed	X2
And stood as one resigned	X2
And then he struck the road and ran	Z2
And left the cart behind	X2
	-
Now Jack and I since infancy	T2
Had shared our joys and cares	A3
And so I was resolved that we	T2
Should share each other s scares	A3
We raced each other all the way	E2
And never slept that night	X2
And when we told the tale next day	E2
They said that we were intoxicated	X2

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